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The policy ensured students were safe, that they could socialise and play and that they were not distracted from learning, said Mrs Smith.

They reassured them they would supervise the girls properly and not let them be distracted by boys.

Millions were awed by his award show performances, bought his albums, flaunted his fashions and allowed all that to distract us from the warning signs that seeped into plain view and were ignored.

Trump and Patel’s fixation on retribution would necessarily distract the bureau from the real threats, domestic and foreign, that endanger the nation.

“I try to distract myself. But at times I begin to cry and cry.”